Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

Border Patrol officers caught a truck driver trying to sneak 39 pythons over the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this month, officials said. On March 5, CBP officers at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, ...

Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere, including along roadsides and near ...

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers uncovered a shocking discovery while conducting routine services at the Texas-Mexico border. According to a press release from CPB, on ...

When it comes to tackling invasive species in South Florida, it's not just about spotting and removing. A group of University of Florida researchers is using telemetry trackers to find and understand ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

March 4 (UPI) --A Florida man preparing to leave for work was delayed by the presence of a 7-foot boa constrictor taking a rest in his driveway. Jay Slagle said he looked outside his second-floor ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --A pair of Florida police officers responded to an unusual call to remove a large snake found "camped out atop a car hood." The Clearwater Police Department said on social media that a ...

Sergeant Carlos Atola, left, and a sheriff’s deputy captured a 14-foot Burmese python recently near U.S. 1, a six-lane road in a densely populated suburb of Miami-Dade. Courtesy Pinecrest Police ...

The hunt is on for two of three pythons that were seen slithering through Forest Park in Queens. On Thursday, parkgoers were in for quite a surprise when they came across one of the pythons sitting in ...

Invasive Burmese pythons are spreading throughout South Florida and putting people and pets at risk. This snake species is not native to the region but is becoming increasingly common due to human ...